weekend reflection: Australia

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The cyclone Yasi had caused such havoc in Queensland. Last year, I was there at a happier time when I took this photo on Australia day.

ABC Wednesday: Y for Railyard

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I am not sure if this is a rail yard, but I wanted to feature Queensland Australia. These photos were taken in Queensland. I watch the floods of Queensland and I remember when I was there this time last year.

A rail yard, or railroad yard, is a complex series of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading/unloading, railroad cars and/or locomotives. Railroad yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock stored off the mainline, so that they do not obstruct the flow of traffic.

ABC Wednesday: X for eXtreme Sports

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I chose to take my son to an eXtreme sports rather than to motor sports. This is because I believe there can be fun without the zoom! zoom! vroom! vroom! Got over to my other stories site to know why.

Skywatch Friday: Dawn on the Goldcoast

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It was very hot in January. I woke up at 5am. The sun was already rising.

weekend reflection:

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I was at Robina Mall on the Gold Coast, I looked up the ceiling and saw it was made of mirror. The reflection is that of the floor.

Watery Wednesday: Water World,

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This was where I was in January, Water World Australia. The weather was hot, the water was inviting.

My second daughter is in the Gold Coast to attend her cousin's wedding.

watery wednesday: Too much water

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Storms have dumped tonnes of water on to southeast Queensland in the last three days, flooding low-lying areas and causing homes to be evacuated.

On the Sunshine and Gold Coasts, traditional favourite holiday spots for New Zealanders, gale force winds lashed the resort towns.

Waves offshore rose to 7m while wind gusts over 100km/hr were reported.

I saw this shag at a private jetty on a private island on the Gold Coast. It took off as soon as I got near.

scenic sunday: Wild mushroom

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These little mushroom were found in a bush at Mount Tamborine in the north of the Gold Coast,in Australia. If you look directly down, you will have no idea what they are until you stoop down to the ground. Then you see they are mushrooms.

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ABC Wednesday/Thursday Theme Song: K

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hootin--anni has a new meme.
IT'S ALL ABOUT MY NEW MEME THAT I HOPE SOME WILL FEEL LIKE JOINING IN ON THE CHALLENGE AND THE FUN [at least I hope the weekly challenge will be fun!]. It's loosely based on song lyrics [recorded songs since the beginning of time to today] and associating them with photos of yours...as I've done in the past...If you click on the link above, it'll take you to the Meme's Homepage for rules and buttons. There will be a Mr. Linky Widget for each individual week also. Do consider joining me sometime. Hope to see it flourish in time.
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Marion Sinclair wrote this Australian Icon and classic song, Kookaburra sits in the old Gum tree. She wrote it in 1934 for a girl guide music competition. Half a century ago, my teacher taught me to sing this song in Methodist school, Sibu. I was singing in rounds and had no idea why the king was singing in the tree, or up the tree.

Back then, there were no copyright infringement, and the song was sung by the girl guides and some schools like mine in Borneo to the mountains of America. I, LOL, when I heard about the legal spat that The Down Under men at work were sued by Larrikin that they stole their song.

I took these photos when I was in Brisbane, Australia. I was attracted by the laughing of the bird. I looked up the gum tree and saw the two kookaburras.


Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra!
Gay your life must be

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gum drops he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
Leave some there for me

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Counting all the monkeys he can see
Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!
That's not a monkey that's me

Kookaburra sits on a rusty nail
Gets a boo-boo in his tail
Cry, Kookaburra! Cry, kookaburra!
Oh how life can be

watery wednesday: Pier

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My niece Olivia and Nephew Thomas were so cute. We walked out to sea to the the end of the pier. I asked them if there was any fish. They bent down the grills to see if there is any. You see, they are experienced fishermen.

Ruby Red Tuesday: Red in Australia

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I like this arch on the Gold Coast of Australia. It is the Gold Coast Equestrian centre entry arches by Phil Follent Architects.

48 year old Julia Gillard is Australia's 27th and first female prime minister. She is a red head.

photohunt: Six

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At a beach on the Gold Coast, at South port. This sign has 6 DO NOTS. It is inevitable there should be rules. Otherwise the place will be in chaos.

watery wednesday: Fishing at the beach

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Recreational fishing at the beach in South Port, Australia.

Scenic Sunday, Weekend Reflection: On a lake in Australia

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Today is the Queen's Official Birthday in New Zealand. It is the official opening of ski season, as June is the first month of winter.

It's raining,
It's pouring.
It's freezing here in New Zealand.

I like to be in Aussie,
Where it is warm and cosy.

That's where I like to be right now, in Australia where I was in January.

Photo hunt: June 6th :Sparkles

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Don't you think they are having fun? My niece and nephew in Australia celebrating New Year.

I used to play this "Fire Flower" with my siblings.

watery Wednesday: Surfs, sand castle at Surfers paradise

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In January, Sam and I were at the Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast of Australia. Once while I was happily splashing away, a tall dark and handsome lifeguard came and told me not to swim too deep. From hindsight, I told my niece, I should have pretended to faint, and he would give me a mouth to mouth resuscitation.

On the beach, a man was making a giant sand castle.

ABC Wednesday: L for Lock

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When I am at this lock at Surfers Paradise in Australia, I remember as a fourth form student, I struggled to understand how the Panama canal operates. I couldn't understand how a body of water could have different levels. Our three and fifty miles Rejang river in Borneo was just one level.